excursionist
A person who goes on an excursion; a traveller or tourist
Noun
- A person who goes on an excursion; a traveller or tourist
- I was provided with a receipt and duly and officially accepted as an excursionist. - 1869, Mark Twain, chapter I, in The Innocents Abroad:
- Coming home, a party of excursionists from Chertsey or Isleworth passed us singing and playing music. - 1898, H. G. Wells, chapter 1, in The War of the Worlds:
- The main line of the L.N.W.R. passed to the west of the Potteries, and it is recorded that in August, 1846, two trains were run from Whitmore (the nearest station to Stoke) to Liverpool for the benefit of excursionists....
Origin
Etymology tree English excursion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English excursionist From excursion + -ist.